Jefe73

I like to do well, but, afterall, its a game. I expect the scorers to do the best job that they can and not to intentionally do wrong. Other then that, I'm thankful that they have volunteered. I've never shot big money/ prize matches. If I were "competitive" and might win, that might make a difference in my attitude about scoring.

I, for one, get kind of frustrated that there seems to be a lack of understanding by manufacturers of the need for "battlesight" zero information for different weapons/calibers. The military- US or European understand what a 25m or 30m battlesight zero is. Its not hard to find data for a 25m zero for the M-4 or M-16; or data for the FAL or G-3 or AK-47. Perhaps its me, but to believe that many (most?) can accurately "zero" a weapon w/ iron sights at 100yd is ludicrous. The US military puts a battlesight zero on their weapons at 25m. We do it w/ the M-4 and M-16. I cant remmember if we did it at 25m or 25yd w/ the M-14. I think that we did a 25yd (1000 in) w/ the M-1. In this case, why cant DPMS come up w/ something like "To zero your weapon at 25m using standard 147gr NATO ball ammunition, use the small apeture sight and adjust your sights so that POI is 4cm lower then POA. This will give you a 200m battlesight zero" or whatever the correct data is...

Bushmaster produced a strange bullpup looking 5.56 weapon and also produced AR's prior to the '94 ban. Dont have a good idea on prices- i suppose that in the free states, the preban status wouldnt mean much. In states that still have assault weapons bans, I would think that a preban bushy would bring a premiom. There is a guy trying to sell a preban Bushmaster M177 type AR for $1300 over on AR15.com